PXGE ETGHT
MEftFOKD fATL TRTETTKE, "NrEPFORD, OB EG ON". SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 6. 1936
THE WORLD-
WITH A FENCE
A, New Novel by Marian Sims
SYNOPSIS: Vara it year o
teaching achoot at Aahboro ta fin
ished. It meant, actually, aucceea
aa a teacher ana failure in the two
acuta situation which engaged her
emotions. Sow she ia determined to
try Atlanta, and that in epite 0 the
act that the neareat ehe haa to a
"contact" likely to produce a lob ia
Bloke Thornton, Blake wae her
partner at a dinner in Aahboro, and
he wna impressed with her. What'
ever happens, Carol has determined
to teach no longer.
Chapter 21
, .IRST EFFORT
CAROL said: "2260 Elmwood
Road," to the tail driver, and
at back against the worn leather
seat The taxi lunged noisily ahead.
The address belonged, temporari
ly at least, to Margery Craig, who
had been Carol s roommate at col'
lego. Margery's husband was In the
real estate business, so she never
lived anywhere very long. She
moved Into a vacant house and filed
It up as best she could, to Improve
Its rental or sale value, and then
Harry Craig immediately began
bringing prospects to Inspect It.
2250 Elmwood proved to be a trite
house of tapestry brick with depressed-looking
shrubbery and one
emaciated pine to ward on the Geor
gia sun. The driver carried her bag
to the porch, and Margery appeared
before the bell could ring.
"Carol! I'm so glad to see you.
Let me carry that. ..."
Carol kissed her. "It's not heavy.
Margery, It's swell to see you."
They went Inside, and deposited
the suitcase In the guest room. Mar
gery sat on the bed and smiled.
"You look like a million dollars."
Carol smiled back, and took off
her hat. "So do you."
That was painfully untrue. Mar
gery Howell bad been tiny and
blonde, with poach-blossom color
ing and cameo features. Margery
Craig war too thin, and her Are was
gone. Two children and all moves
in the past four years, together with
n husband In real estate, had been
;too much for her. She sighed.
! "I feel like I look a thousand."
, They went Into the living-room
and sat down. "I'm sorry I couldn't
meet you," Margery apologised,
"but we've only got a company car
and Harry had an engagement'
"I wouldn't have let you. Coming
In at the suburban station mads It
Just a stop, anyhow."
There was an awkward silence.
I've lost contact with her, Carol
realized sadly, and thought of the
years tbey had been Inseparable.
Carol lit a clgaret and said with
metallic brightness:
"Whore are the children? I've
never even seen the baby."
Mnrgery's face came alive. "Little
Harry's out with the maid, and the
baby's having her nap. It's almost
time tor her to wake up. Tell me
lbout what you've been doing and
what you're going to do,"
Cnrol told her briefly, and added:
'As for what I'm going to do Lord
knows. I'm starting the hunt In the
morning. If I'm lucky enough to And
anything I'll begin whenever they
say. Wha' i'd like to do Is And some
body that wants to hire me a month
from now: then I can go on over to
Meredith and spend a month with
the family."
Margery was determinedly Inter
' estod, but Carol sensed that an un
attached woman In search of a Job
was something too remote from her
present existence to seem very real.
The humor of it struck her forcibly.
She said with the same artificial
brightness:
"Toll me about the rest of the
girls. I haven't heard from any of
'm In ages. How's Louise?"
Margery's eyes clouded. "She's
getting a divorce. Kenneth drinks
like a fish, but I think It's as much
her fault as his. And Cornelia's got
a grand ob (she's not married, you
know) with Millbanks's. She's a
buyer In the ready-to-wear depart
ment." Carol made a mental note to look
np Cornelia. It sounded as If she and
Cornelia might succeed In resum
ing the Intimacy of six years ago.
They went doggedly through the
roster of mutual acquaintances.
When the list was complete Carol
laid:
"By the way, do you know a man
named Thornton? Blake Thornton?"
.Margery nodded. "Ves. At least
I know who he Is. Harry knows him,
and 1'vo seen his wife at parties.
Why'.'"
"I met him In Ashboro, and when
he found I was hunting a Job he sug
gested that 1 look him up. Not that
that means anything." She suc
cumbed to curiosity and asked:
"What's his wife like?"
Margery hesitated, and Carol
wanted to smile. Margery, In col
lese, had been famous (or her tact,
"She seemed very nice," Margery
conceded. "I think she's a lot older
than DIakc, and she doesn't look
very strong. But 1 imagine sne was
beautiful when she was a girl."
A shrill, lusty wall assailed the si
lence, and Margery sprang to her
feet.
"That's Dollle," she said eagerly.
And added unnecessarily: "She's
waked up."
THORNTON & COMPANY, the
building directory said, occu
pied rooms 608-10-12. Promptly at
half-past four Carol found the of
fices, and entered with some unease.
Blake Thornton, for all the polite
ness In his voice when she tele
phoned, might be regretting his sug
gestion. The secretary took her name and
disappeared, to return almost im
mediately. "Mr. Thornton will see you now,
Miss Torrance."
Blake got up from his desk to
shake hands. "This is fine," he
smiled. "Take that chair."
She sat down, and wished sudden
ly that she hadn't come. It seemed
rather unsporting to grasp at a
casual offer made during a social
evening.
"How's Ashboro?" he asked. "And
all the Tylers?"
"Fine. Ben and Andy both sent
their best, and aald you were to
come down and go fishing whenever
you could get away."
She felt more uncomfortable and
unnecessary than ever, as If her
very presence said to him: Well,
here I am. What are you going to
do about me?
"Nice of them." He was talking
about the. Tylers, she remembered
with an effort. "I wish I could 'take
'em up on It"
Silence clogged their talk. A ten
tative breeze drifted through the
windows, and noises boiled up faint
ly from the pavement below: brakes,
screaming at truffle, newsboys
screaming the afternoou papers. He
said finally:
"What about the job? Anything
promising so far?"
"Not very. I went to see the friend
In placement work, and put my
name In the pot She thinks there's
sure to be something In the fall, but
that's a long way off."
"You don't want to take the sum
mer off? A city's like the suburbs
of hell In July and August"
She smiled. "You forget I've got
to start working towarda a farm tor
my old age. I'd like to have three or
four weeks at home, of course, but
even that's not essential." ,
TO HER surprise he was nodding
ffrAAinenL "1 h.rin't fnronitan
was Just trying to find out how
badly yo i wanted It" He leaned tor-
ward In his chair, and his manner
became almost brusk.
"What I had in mind would be an
experiment of course, and If It
didn't work I'd have to Are you."
"Naturally," she said tiulckly.
"I'm not that dumb."
"Our business," he' disregarded
her comment "Is the only one in
this section of the South, so far as I
know. We do newspaper advertising
of all sorts: some stuff that we syn
dicate and sell over and over,
throughout the country. In good
tlmea we had two regular copy men
on the staff, but for the last two
years I've written aa much of It as
I had time for, and the rest I've
turned over to freelances." He
stared speculatively at hor. "I was
wondering what sort of copy you'd
write. , . ."
She looked back at him. and tried
not to be too eager. "I haven't the
faintest Idea, but I'd like very much
to have a ahot at It"
The room was quiet again. Blake
Thornton was openly appraising
her, with eyes as cold as slate, and
she sat still and waited for the verdict
We might try It and see," he said
thoughtfully. "I've got an Idea that
a brand new slant might make val
uable copy, once you had the hang
of It. You wouldn't be saturated with
all the stock phrases and cliches."
She felt the lifting of a physical
weight from her shoulders, and the
resultant lightness made her want
to spring from her chair. The Imaie
of his astonishment restrained her.
"The salary wouldn't be big to
start with," he was saying: "say a
hundred a month. Of course we
spend several times that on copy
some months, and If you get the
hang of It and can turn It out falrlv
rapidly, we'll pay you a good deal
more."
Carol had smiled suddenly. "When
do I start?"
He considered again. "You said
something about a month at home.
What about July Arst?"
"That would suit me perfectly."
"Summer would be a good time
tor you to start In, I expect."
(Copyright, Hit, by UaHan Sims)
Csrol Is driven heme, tomorrow,
by her new bose.
Lake Cretk
LAKE CREEK, S?pt. 15. SpU
Mr. J. B. Short fntrtalnd Friday
evfnlng with a. wedding reception in
honor of the rwirrlas of hfr daugh
ter. Harriet, and Victor Gardener,
which took place the prevtotm Satur
day at Grants Pw, A large group
o? friend enjoyed Mr. Short' hos
pitality. Mr. and Mra, Oardener ir
ma King their home In MM ford,
Hclatlvea and friend of Mrs. Wm.
GriMm of C-oodln. Idaho. plcnlrkM
at the Frank Farlow place Sunday.
Amontr those present were Mr. and
Mrs. Herb Grlssom. Mr. and Mr. C,
R. Moore. Mr. and Mr. Frank Farlow,
Mr and Mr. Llovd Stlmnon and
dnuphter. Mr, and Mr. PtM Stlmaon
and family. Mr. and Mr Will Nelon,
Mr. Lucy Gritsom and family. Mr
Elizabeth GrlsRom. Mr. and Mr. J.
r. Maxflcld, Mrs. Minnie Orluom and
daughter. Mr. Anna Tonn. mim
Julia Rit, 0w Teck. Roy Boyer.
Ciyde Orlwom. and Mrs. Alice sum
on. Mr. and Mr. Chaj. Clngcade
r,d daughter and Ml Aimed Day
and Mr. and Mr. Harry Tonn came
In the afternoon.
Mr. and Mr E. E. Meyer spent liut
week end at Huckleberry mountain.
They returned with about fifteen
gallon of huckleberrie.
Mr. E R. Jones of Klamath coun
ty, la apendtns tw day at the
Randal place.
Caller Sunday evening t the
Tonn home were Mr. and Mr. Roy
Grlgshy and Mr, and Mr. Hrrv
Tonn
Mr. L. J. Orlom and Clyde and
Joyce attended a party at Cintscade
home nMu fetgle Point recently.
Mr. X- Grioni la vlmting at tne
Ortom home.
Be cur recU) aorwted ;o
an Artist Mode by
Et&elwyn fi Hoffmann.
Transient Camps
To Be Continued
8AN FRANCISCO. Sept. V (AP)
Rexford G. TugweU said today the
resettlement administration will con
tinue Us migrant workers camps In
California and expand the experiment
along the Pacific coast.
Tug well aald th? Resettlement ad
ministration whlca he heads has no
new projects under consideration The
greatest problem, he said, la In the
great plalna drought region "where
the government has been spending
large turns each year just to keep
people alive."
California and the Pacific slopo, the
undersecretary of agriculture said,
give bis administration relatively lit
tle to worry about- Resettlement loans
thus far have been made to some
650,000 farmers.
4 ,
Fire Prevention Week
WASHINGTON. Sept. 6. (AP)
President Roosevelt has designated
the week beginning October 4 as na-1
tlonal fire prevention week. j
West Side School
Opening Sept. 14
Announcement was made Saturday
that the West Side school. In district
05, would not open until Monday,
September 14 because of repair work
now being done. The school la locat
ed on Roes Lane and Old Stage road.
THE MINUTE THAT SEEMS A YEAR
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
WINDOW GLASS We sell wlndo
glass and will replace your broken
windows reasonably. Trowbridge Cab
Inet Works.
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
For further proof address the author, Inclosing a stamped envelope for reply. Reg. V. 8. Pat. Off.
ife ftUORKCEttUN 100,000,000 f if--a
cTep&VTvtetotRMie jW7W$L
AfcP WINE CM BE tflMftNEVE"' tit TO.W 'fri.-,
MfcDE FffoM WHife GRAPES j$si&$t& t'tliWW
ANP NHiTe WiME F(?oM . , ert - fx
R59 GRAPES in V riO-?00 'V SJpiSM
zl PETER'S EftSCOPAV5sy
I ...n...u.. CHURCH. TacomcT, Ws&i.,
sasawl&lrljfe ' v " - : :'-,'
SsW 6Aut?i? Lopez., arrestee for ' KSa
WmT HOrE-TEAUrieiNTAMPlCQ
to$rS3T ' lOO MILE'S FRtfMTriE eSS, t!HIwV
WnftW J i A 4CENE0FrtlCRlrA&, tWJ&MS, WAVY?
Trlnl liy Long DIMnnre
Arre&ted and brought to court In
Tamplco, Mexico, for the crimes of
horse-stealing and house-breaking
committed In Victoria, about 300
miles distant, Claud lo Lopez present
ed a difficult problem to the presid
ing Judge.
With Victoria outside of hi circuit
and knowing that to bring the wlt
neaaea to Tamplco would require con
siderable expense nnd time, it was
decided to tnke the evidence over the
phone. This waa done and Lopez re
celvM a sentence of ten years.
Bell Tree
Hung In the top of a tall tree in
1873. the bell of Tacoma's first
church, St. Peter's Episcopal, remain
ed there for a total of 63 years.
It waa necessary to cut the living
belfrey down late in 1035 when the
tiee rotted to the extent of threaten
ing to fall at each pull of the bell
rope.- . ,
Mine Color
Red wines are red not because of
the color of the grapes from which
they are made but through allowing
the, grape pulp to ferment while it
romains In the skin.
White wines, on the other hand,
are made of Juice which la not allow
ed to ferment until extracted.
1 17 r
hi
ON H DAY OF HE MOST IMPORfW GAME
OF iVre SEASON -THE 5"fAR PrfCHEl? "DISCOVERS
fHAf HIS MOfHEK HAS SEHf HIS UNIFORM
-TO riE WASH . . ;
(Copyright, 1936, by The BU Syndicate, Inc.)
S 'MATTER POP-
Color Detection ...
The average human eye la far more
sensitive than la generally realised.
It Is estimated that there are actual
ly more than 3,00.0,000 different
shades and hues of color that can be
detected by the average human eye.
Specially trained color experts can
detect 1 -30,000th part of red when
added to a batch of YELLOW DYE!
T-fATWt MltJUTE J(. UMI)Et; vATeW ( lF rr eAR T"HAT, A
Tnr ",Jr V.ALL tJetime J VlT OULTl come out)
AMTSVI
Look! 'P (SOM6'W
.IT MUST V-t - ? -y fowJM
liC. t m (Copyright, 1938, by Th Malhf) E
TAILSPIN TOMMY Tommy's Hunch . . . Justified
f1 5 TOMMV
'"' CUT HIS
MOTOR, AND
SILENTLY GLIDED
OVER THt DARK
CAMYON, WHERE
THt ILL-FATED
CABIN PLANE
PREVIOUSLY
CRASHED AHD
BURNED. ..HE SA
SOMETHING THAT
MADE HIM GROW
TENSE.. .LET'S,
"SIT D0WN"AND
SEE WHAT IT
WAS. .
2595
I'VE SEARCHED EVERY INCH) ( AND I CAN'T
OF THIS CANYON ... CAN'T f-(l
FIND A BODY
HFIND ANY OP THE
,-A"H0T SUGAR"
'-ftovv..:,.
f-yFj r-v-.v
-f SOMEONE'S DOWN THERE: ... SEARCHING THAT WRECK..-!
BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER Success
Bj EDWIN ALOES
' f VJEj'VE OCT J
" .'.V . jm.iy.
WE'U.RUD OUT A5
"THERE
THE NEBBS-It's Just Too Bad
VNHERB ARE 'r? OUR CaA9 I ;A VJOWDEpTV
I VJE QQY-iQ I HOLD c. C5UT. ALL U VuUA.Tfe 1LI
3 . t: .... r' l t
KJUW, BCW r JrJ HC WAY TO TH& J - S '."
hi maueU
CCree we
OUS HERO LEttV
IMS HOME
eecAose oc A
QUASCEt LUITW
PA.MKJV
WMO IS CAMPIVJ6
Ikj WIS ACCvRT-
MEIOT A"JD WES
ABlcCIMEMTS
R'SUT, 1C M5v.AS
SORE OB IT HE
LCCOUDUT
WAVE TO ACSL-C
IT CVHSi WITH
C4-.
, OOVJEL
AMD ALL I'VE '
FOi TUAT WOMANJ
AnjD SWE TAklES PER
A&AisJST ME.
V LOVE FOd M
V KNOB TO
. A v. SHE CAVJ
AT7 AN
1
V
xzo;
EUKlS ME OUT OF MV OWM
HOME,. SHE'S SOT A GREAT
'.'. iM OUST A DOCt?
UEti SHE TMIIUVSS
TUJ'ST ME AkJYCUAV
SHE VJAMTS "TO 1 1 S
VA S
( SHE KKIOWS Twe &OV IS KjO
oOOD.. AKJO VET SHE STICKS UP
-oi mim... he's ear less ambitow;
THAJ A 6IC SMAIl. IF WE WAD
OUST OME OUfoOE OF AMSiTIOM
.IOITW THAT TOKJ OF MI5VE.
UEO GO-TO-TOLUrU 1 1 --
VlOITW THAT TOM OF MEVE. J
y
By C. M. PAYNE
By HAL FORREST
By SOL tU,a3
1